For Sale Snapnames ends affiliates

[Whois-Search]

After being a Snapnames affiliate for many years - I just recieved this from them:

"Effective Sept. 1, we are going to cancel our affiliate program. We are simply paying too much for names on the backside to be able to also pay
people to send us buyers."

Snapnames took the edge away from Pool, Enom and Namewinner by making all Network solutions, Bulk Register names etc go straight to them.

But now by ending their partnership with sites like mine they are playing
straight back into their hands.

I now have to find a better affiliate (with their competitors) or I will have to start charging for drop lists !

I have asked them to reconsider but was left with no option but to tell them effective Sept. 1 all Snapnames links will be removed from my sites !

It will be interesting to see if other sites follow suit:

whois.sc, domainsbot.com, snapcheck.com etc.

Where is all this going to end ?

1. Verisign buys out Snapnames and has a Central Listing Service:

http://icann.org/presentations/gnso-proposal-deleting-names-MdP-06apr05.pdf

or

2. The United Nations takes over ICANN and thinks "oh yes expired domains
belong to EVERYONE !" and they go back to dropping normally.

 

[Steen]

If it's needed to maintain the integrity of SnapNames I'm all for it. I love SN just how they are!

 

[Whois-Search]

Snapnames now say:

"that the tracking and payment to affiliates is more of a hassle to us than it is worth, and the economics of it favor terminating the program."

Lets see how long these stay:

http://www.whois.sc/snapnames/overview.html


http://www.domainsbot.com/choose-registrar.aspx?action=backorder

 

[actnow]

It is disappointing that Snapnames would drop an affiliate program with only a couple
days notice.

They should have worked out a better way of fazing out the program.

 

[Whois-Search]

My site is now Snapnames free their loss

 

[mole]

If that means less competition in the auctions because of less refereal links, why not? :-D

 

[Whois-Search]

As you say Mole "The only constant is change".

And ICANN see things changing again soon.

 

[spietreser]

If that means less competition in the auctions because of less refereal links, why not? :-D

Yessss! Finally! Less bidders, more chance :-D

 

[denny007]

Pleae someone install in todays post the thread starting date, someone bumped this thread after almost a YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[actnow]

someone bumped this thread after almost a YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not sure if you are following a different calendar than me.

But, the way I figure it. The thread is only 9 months old.
Not - "almost a year".
:smartass:

:-D

 

[denny007]

The thread is only 9 months old. Not - "almost a year".

Does not make any different, does it...

 

[opcis]

I am also disappointed SnapNames dropped their affiliate program.

I wish they would have tried something like max-commission per domain or you only get commission for new customers rather than removing the program all together.

I think they will end up making less money, because less drop list sites will be sending users to snapnames, so the bids won't be as high. Good for the snapnames user, bad for everyone else.